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.......... IMAGINE IF YOU WILL, A LUSH BLUEBERRY ..........
.......... SPRUCE FOREST, WITH ROLLING HILLS AND ..........
.......... KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... THE GROUND IS SOFT. LEAVES IN ALL OF ..........
~......... THE SEVEN STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION ARE .........~
»~........ PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES ........~»
*»~....... THERE ARE ROCKS. BIGGER BOULDERS PEEK .......~»*
§*»~...... OUT OF THE HILLS. ......~»*§
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&@§*»~.... THERE COULD BE, SOMEWHERE IN THE DEPTHS ....~»*§@&
#&@§*»~... OF IT ALL, A CREVICE FILLED WITH WATER. ...~»*§@
##&@§*»~.. BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING ..~»*§@#
###&@§*»~. THEIR LONG FINGERS BENEATH THE SURFACE. .~»*§@##
##&@§*»~.. WATER LILIES, MAYBE. THE WATER IS ..~»*§@#
#&@§*»~... YELLOW-GREEN WITH POLLEN, AND INSECTS ...~»*§@
&@§*»~.... ARE SWARMING ABOVE THE SURFACE. ....~»*§@&
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§*»~...... WATER STRIDERS, MOSQUITOS, ......~»*§
*»~....... BACK FLIES, CRANE FLIES. .......~»*
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»~........ IN THIS CASE WE WOULD USE DEET, ........~»
*»~....... OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. .......~»*
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@§*»~..... DEET SHOULD BE APPLIED TO YOUR SKIN. .....~»*§@
&@§*»~.... YOU SHOULD COVER ALL SKIN THAT IS TO BE ....~»*§@&
#&@§*»~... EXPOSED TO AIR. IT'S OK TO GET SOME IN ...~»*§@
##&@§*»~.. THE EYES. RUB UNTIL IT FEELS RIGHT, ..~»*§@#
###&@§*»~. UNTIL THE SKIN FEELS GOOD. LET IT SOAK .~»*§@##
##&@§*»~.. IN. ..~»*§@#
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